REVIVING THE DEAD (2 OF 3)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:22-23
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Reviving the Dead (2 of 3)
Series: Foretaste of Revival
Jeff Strite
1 Corinthians 9:22-23
OPEN: In 1571, a young farmer named Matthew Wall was about to be married, but he didn't make it to the altar. The evening before his wedding day he became gravely ill... and ''died.''
His funeral took place on October 2nd, the preacher preached the eulogy, the bride-to-be wept over his body, and at the appointed hour they closed the casket and carried the body of the young man away to be buried.
But as they made their way down the lane to the cemetery, one of the pallbearers slipped on some wet leaves and the coffin crashed to the ground. The person who dropped the casket must have been horrified by what he'd done, but his initial horror was nothing compared to what happened next.
It seems that when the casket hit the ground, they heard knocking and yelling from within it. The crash had revived Matthew Wall and he began pounding on the inside of the coffin demanding to be let out.
HE HAD BEEN DEAD... BUT THEN HE CAME BACK TO LIFE
Ephesians 2:1 says that, before you became Christians, ''you were dead in your trespasses and sins'' (HCSB), and so was I. We were dead in our trespasses and sins, and we were bound for an eternity in hell. But THEN... someone shook our casket. Somebody convinced us that LIFE was better than DEATH, and we pounded on the inside of our coffin. Because we wanted to live! We didn't want to die and go to hell!
WE HAD BEEN DEAD... BUT THEN WE CAME TO LIFE.
We came to life because someone told us about Jesus!
Romans 10:13-15 says ''For 'everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.' How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, 'How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!'''
Someone had to BUMP our ca ...
Series: Foretaste of Revival
Jeff Strite
1 Corinthians 9:22-23
OPEN: In 1571, a young farmer named Matthew Wall was about to be married, but he didn't make it to the altar. The evening before his wedding day he became gravely ill... and ''died.''
His funeral took place on October 2nd, the preacher preached the eulogy, the bride-to-be wept over his body, and at the appointed hour they closed the casket and carried the body of the young man away to be buried.
But as they made their way down the lane to the cemetery, one of the pallbearers slipped on some wet leaves and the coffin crashed to the ground. The person who dropped the casket must have been horrified by what he'd done, but his initial horror was nothing compared to what happened next.
It seems that when the casket hit the ground, they heard knocking and yelling from within it. The crash had revived Matthew Wall and he began pounding on the inside of the coffin demanding to be let out.
HE HAD BEEN DEAD... BUT THEN HE CAME BACK TO LIFE
Ephesians 2:1 says that, before you became Christians, ''you were dead in your trespasses and sins'' (HCSB), and so was I. We were dead in our trespasses and sins, and we were bound for an eternity in hell. But THEN... someone shook our casket. Somebody convinced us that LIFE was better than DEATH, and we pounded on the inside of our coffin. Because we wanted to live! We didn't want to die and go to hell!
WE HAD BEEN DEAD... BUT THEN WE CAME TO LIFE.
We came to life because someone told us about Jesus!
Romans 10:13-15 says ''For 'everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.' How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, 'How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!'''
Someone had to BUMP our ca ...
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